Maybe not all new options are bad. That is what I am interested in finding.

A few more ideas anyway. I have to research this out more to see if ALL of it is free. Uses ARM A9 and Mali 400, neat idea...can use Ubuntu.

FXI Cotton Candy
http://www.fxitech.com/cotton-candy/what-is-it/

FXI Cotton Candy Running in HDMI Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eWheoCw3J8

Also, people are taking cheap tablets using Allwinner A10 or A13 and are running Debian or Ubuntu on them.

Blob-less hardware decoding on Allwinner A10 SoC based tablet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z__RxeVmYCQ

Debian on a low cost 60€ AllWInner A13 tablet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXQrRPvUVsQ

Lots more to check out yet, but very encouraging so far. ARM chips may provide "enough" of a computer for basic chores such as web browsing and email and a few other things. Now if it can be done inexpensively on free hardware and with free software like Trisquel....

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